Best Taco Stuffed Poblano Peppers Recipes

SOUTHWEST STUFFED POBLANO PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a large baking sheet. Arrange halved poblano peppers in a single layer on the baking sheet so that they aren't overlapping. Bake for 10-15 minutes while you move on to the next step.
• Add ground beef (or preferred meat choice, see Note 2) and rice to a large skillet, and season with the cumin, chili powder, and garlic powder. Saute over medium heat for 5-8 minutes until meat is browned and cooked through.
• Stir in the black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, and green chiles. Cook another 1-2 minutes. Spoon mixture into the peppers, sprinkle with cheese, and return to oven for another 10 minutes or so until peppers are tender and cheese is melted. Allow to cool slightly before serving.

TACO STUFFED POBLANO PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Lightly spray a casserole dish and set aside.
• Cut each pepper in half and remove the vein and the seeds. Place the peppers face down in a microwave safe dish. Cover peppers with plastic wrap and microwave for 2 minutes. Remove plastic wrap and allow peppers to cool.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add ground beef and cook until crumbled and no longer pink. Season beef with chili powder, cumin, oregano, paprika, onion powder, garlic, and salt. Stir in beans and salsa.
• Add 1 cup of cheese to the beef mixture.
• Divide the beef mixture between the peppers and top with remaining 1/2 cup of cheese.
• Cover peppers with foil and bake for 20 minutes, remove foil and bake an additional 5-`0 minutes or until peppers are soft and cheese has melted.
• Top peppers with quest fresco and avocado chunks just before serving.

STUFFED POBLANO PEPPERS

Steps:

• Turn a gas stove burner to high. Hold poblano peppers directly on the flame with a pair of tongs and turn until skins are charred. Let peppers cool. Leaving peppers as close to whole as possible, remove skins, seeds, membranes, and stems.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; stir in onion and garlic. Cook and stir until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef; cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Mix in chili pepper, cumin, salt, and pepper.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place peppers in a nonstick casserole dish. Insert a slice of Cheddar cheese and a slice of Monterey Jack cheese into each pepper. Spoon some ground beef mixture into each pepper. Place the remaining beef on top of the peppers, and cover with enchilada sauce. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and sprinkle grated Cheddar cheese on top of the peppers. Bake until peppers are bubbly and fragrant, another 45 minutes.

TACO STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Mix taco seasoning into ground beef.
• Combine water, Mexican rice mix, and butter in a saucepan; bring to a boil for 1 minute. Cover saucepan, reduce heat to low, and cook until water is absorbed, about 25 minutes. Mix ground beef into rice mixture.
• Bring a pot of water to a boil; cook green bell peppers until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Drain. Fill each bell pepper with beef-rice mixture. Arrange bell peppers in a baking dish. Pour ranch dressing over bell peppers and top each with Mexican cheese blend.
• Bake in the preheated oven until peppers are tender and cheese is melted, 45 to 50 minutes.

EASY STUFFED POBLANOS

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. In a large skillet, cook turkey and beef over medium heat until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes, breaking into crumbles; drain., Prepare rice according to package directions. Add rice to meat mixture., Cut peppers lengthwise in half; remove seeds. Place on a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan, cut side down. Broil 4 in. from heat until skins blister, about 5 minutes. With tongs, turn peppers. , Fill with turkey mixture; top with enchilada sauce and sprinkle with cheese. Broil until cheese is melted, 1-2 minutes longer. If desired, top with cilantro.

STUFFED POBLANO PEPPERS

Steps:

• Move oven rack to 6 inches below the broiler. Preheat broiler on high.
• Cut poblanos in half and toss with oil. Place poblanos cut side down on a 9-inch round cake pan. Set the timer to 4 minutes. You want to cook these until the outsides are charred and blistered.
• Meanwhile in a 10-inch saute pan on high heat, cook ground beef until it is almost cooked through. Add 1.5 tablespoons taco seasoning. Cook until the beef is cooked through. Mix in chopped cilantro and set aside.
• Remove poblanos from the oven. Fill each poblano half with ground beef. Top with cheese. Return the poblanos to the oven and broil for 2-3 minutes until the cheese has melted and is bubbly. Garnish with additional cilantro if desired and serve.

CHORIZO STUFFED POBLANO PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir chorizo in hot oil until completely browned and broken into small pieces, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove skillet from heat; stir rice, onion, 1/4 cup taco sauce, Cheddar cheese, and cumin with the chorizo until evenly mixed.
• Fill poblano pepper halves with the chorizo mixture; place in a small casserole dish or a pie pan. Drizzle 1 tablespoon taco sauce over each pepper. Pour water into bottom of the dish; cover loosely with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven until peppers are tender, about 1 hour.